Section: Africa&ME
Turkey welcomes Meskhetian Turks from east Ukraine
The 300 plus Turkish-speaking minority will live in eastern Erzincan province under Turkey’s asylum measures enacted in April …read more Source: Anadolu...
Pope calls in Christmas message for unity against militant atrocities
Pope Francis urged the world in his Christmas message on Friday to unite to end atrocities by Islamist militants that he said were causing immense suffering in many countries. Security was tight at the Vatican as Francis, marking the third Christmas since his election in 2013, read his traditional Christmas Day “Urbi et Orbi” (to the...
Pope calls in Christmas message for unity against militant atrocities
By Philip Pullella Pope Francis urged the world in his Christmas message on Friday to unite to end atrocities by Islamist militants that he said were causing immense suffering in many countries. Security was tight at the Vatican as Francis, marking the third Christmas since his election in 2013, read his traditional Christmas Day “Urbi et Orbi”...
French immigration to Israel at all-time high
Language Undefined Immigration to Israel in 2015 expected to hit a 15-year high amid an influx of Jews from France, Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, from North America …read more Source: Middle East...
Ukraine approves IMF-backed austerity budget
The Ukrainian parliament Friday adopted a budget for 2016 with a deficit of 3 percent of GDP, crucial for unlocking much needed aid from the IMF and Western countries …read more Source: The Daily...
US orders 20 more Russian rocket engines
Two US companies have ordered a new batch of Russian rocket engines for civil and commercial launches, shortly after Congress removed a ban on using such rockets. According to reports, United Launch Alliance (ULA), a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Boeing, said Wednesday it had ordered 20 new RD-180 rocket engines from Russia on top of 29...
Nearly 30,000 Jews immigrated to Israel in 2015
Aliya has been on the rise in recent years, driven largely by the flow of immigrants from France and Ukraine; IFCJ to double size of its aliya program. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Ukraine to introduce embargo against Russian food: PM
Bill giving government right to impose trade sanctions was backed by lawmakers with 291 in favo… …read more Source:...
Ukraine MPs approve tit-for-tat Russian embargo
KIEV: Ukraine’s parliament voted on Thursday to give the government the right to impose a trade embargo against Russia, which said last week that it would suspend a free trade zone with Ukraine from Jan.1. The law, supported by 291 of parliament’s 420 lawmakers, will come into force when it has been signed by the president. Russian...
Ukraine MPs approve tit-for-tat Russian trade embargo
Ukraine’s parliament voted on Dec. 24 to give the government the right to impose a trade embargo against Russia, which said last week that it would suspend a free trade zone with Ukraine from Jan. 1 …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
